DISHEVELED
Met
on the road future of the country,
Bewildered,
a sight that found speechless,
Selling
tricolor for a few rupees calling,
May
return to someone a pittance help,
A
few bread salt as lunch dinner one,
Does
not know the child tomorrow can,
Born
to parents, never dreamed of arrival,
Natural,
grow children, poverty inhibits,
No
food for children, medicine while sick,
Buds,
disheveled, unwanted vanish, in time,
No
tears, cries, pangs of love, surprise,
The
world encompasses humans, polished,
Dazzling
glass towers limousines in front,
Begs
the child ignorant scorns directed,
I
was crying thinking of the tiny heart,
Motherland's
bosom refuses to feed,
Not
a square foot to sleep under a roof,
Thought
for December night is freezing,
The
little kid must be sleeping in the open,
Struggling hard to pass the night,
Imagines
not crying for help surrendered,
Missing
luck, fortune, fate, a future,
The
joke of the creator on human life,
Disheveled
promiscuous urban life rich,
Boasting
upper strata unambiguous,
Vulgar
shows stinking naked dances,
Viral
in cyberspace youth influences,
Gasping,
surprised, tags recent styles,
Think
these witnessed streaming sighs,
Motherland
protects them, security guards,
Worth
seeing mansion ladies in vanguards,
They
leave corroding aromas wild,
Revert
to the child silently standing,
Bought
an entire lot of flags paid to him,
Sat
with him on pavements question,
His
name he didn't know parents left,
Big
cement pipe is the place he lives there,
Works
for a vendor selling goods,
Begs
at times, gets some money, lives here,
Gave
him some food both enjoyed it,
Surprise
glued on his face disheveled,
You
love me? the blunt question,
I
checked my tears and smiled a deception,
It
was not compassion, sympathy,
It
was not my love, caring heart,
Fail
to express the pain, churning mind,
The
education humanity taunt behind,
This
is a vibrant land, people bright,
Mostly
educated wealthy play noble!
Knows
very well slums exist littered,
Disheveled
planning metro glitters,
No
road, sea of shanties, tin shed,
Muddy
path narrow, serpentine congested,
The
child was the product of this place,
Listless,
if it grows, defeating death,
Tomorrow's
youth, not human living,
Ignorant
of love, care, sympathy, family,
Loot,
use boot against the world challenge,
Never
mind access gold prefer carnage,
House
may be the jail immaterial,
Angry,
concerned now saw well in him,
The
country breeds his tribe, nourishes rest,
A
few spend a billion on vulgar expenses,
A
minuscule will change the life of disheveled,
The
tricolor he sells justifies bedeviled,
Son
of the soil, you proclaim democracy,
Equal
rights, liberty, voice free, not lunacy,
Take
me to school, educate me, impart skills,
Enough
strength, the disheveled organized!
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Disheveled
Theme:
question to land a slum child
Date:
27th December, Cuttack
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